D
People come to see you
D
When you don’t wake up
D G D
In the summertime
D
People come to see you
D
When you don’t wake up
D G D
In the summertime
D G
We get so high
D G
We get so high
D A
Why you sleeping in
A
On this lovely summer morning?
G
Sun it is shining
G D
Oh it is shining
D
People come and tell me
D
It’s a pretty dress
D G D
That I picked for you to wear
D
Come and ask me how your makeup looks so fresh
D G D
And the way they did your hair
D G D
They kiss your eyes
D G D A
They kiss your eyes and touch your hand
A G
And the lilac flowers laying by your feet
G D
Remind me of those shoes you used to wear
D G D
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
D
I come see you in the summertime
D G D
Don’t know if you know I’m there
D
Bring you lots of flowers in the summertime
D G D
Picture flowers in your hair
D G
I lay them down
D G
Cover the ground
D A
With the colors I remember that you loved
A
That summer
G
Back when we were twenty
G
When we were twenty
G D
When we were twenty-one